NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons85–88New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date: Thursday 22 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 274th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Vinnie Johnson	8–16	0–0	3–4	2	1	3	1	2	0	2	2	19
Rick Mahorn	7–9	0–1	0–1	6	8	14	1	1	1	4	4	14
Isiah Thomas	5–18	0–2	3–4	0	4	4	7	0	0	6	4	13
Bill Laimbeer	4–12	1–2	0–0	2	9	11	5	0	2	4	5	9
Joe Dumars	3–9	0–0	3–3	1	4	5	6	2	0	3	0	9
Adrian Dantley	3–8	0–0	2–3	1	3	4	3	2	0	4	4	8
Dennis Rodman	4–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	2	1	1	8
John Salley	0–4	0–0	3–6	4	0	4	1	1	1	3	2	3
James Edwards	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	35–84	1–5	14–21	18	31	49	25	8	6	27	23	85

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mark Jackson	6–23	1–4	2–4	2	2	4	3	2	0	3	4	15
Charles Oakley	5–11	0–0	3–4	3	8	11	2	2	0	3	3	13
Sidney Green	2–3	0–0	8–8	1	2	3	0	0	1	4	3	12
Rod Strickland	4–10	2–5	1–2	1	0	1	3	2	1	2	1	11
Patrick Ewing	4–9	0–0	1–2	2	5	7	2	3	1	2	5	9
Gerald Wilkins	3–9	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	5	2	0	3	1	8
Trent Tucker	2–4	1–3	1–2	0	5	5	3	2	0	2	1	6
Eddie Lee Wilkins	2–3	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	4	5
Johnny Newman	1–3	1–1	2–3	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	5
Kenny Walker	1–2	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	4
Team totals	30–77	5–13	23–30	12	29	41	19	17	4	24	27	88

This season

New York Knicks 4, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1988-89.

23 Nov 1988New York Knicks 133–111 Detroit Pistons
22 Dec 198885–88 this game
11 Jan 1989New York Knicks 100–93 Detroit Pistons
14 Apr 1989Detroit Pistons 100–104 New York Knicks

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 18–6
New York Knicks: 17–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

23 Nov 1988New York Knicks 133–111 Detroit Pistons
11 Jan 1989New York Knicks 100–93 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.